virtue

n

1. goodness, righteousness, morality, moral excellence, ethicalness; uprightness, rectitude, probity, integrity, honesty; worth, honor, decency, respectability, character; high-mindedness, upstandingness, nobility, scrupulousness; justness, fairness, fair play, justice, equity; fidelity, faithfulness, loyalty, constancy, trustworthiness, responsibility; grace, merit, worthiness, credit, quality, fortitude, temperance, piety, faith, hope, charity.

2. chastity, virginity, purity, Rare. pudicity; immaculateness, spotlessness, stainlessness, innocence, cleanness; sinlessness, guiltlessness, incorruption, impeccability; modesty, decency, continence.

3. power, efficacy, effectiveness, force, potency, might, Literary. puissance; energy, strength, cogency, effect, dint; charge, push, drive, vehemence; validity, effectuality, productivity, efficaciousness.

4. by virtue of

by reason of, because of, on account of, in view of, on the score of; due to, thanks to, owing to, by dint of, as a result of.